appeal

Forms

1.An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
2.The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued.
3.A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
- I have an appeal against the lower court decision.
4.A call to a person or an authority for a decision, help, or proof; an entreaty, an invocation.
- He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival.

1.Often followed by against (the inferior court's decision) or to (the superior court): to apply to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
- Dissatisfied with the judge’s ruling, she decided to appeal.
- He was advised by his lawyer to appeal against his conviction.
2.To apply to a superior court or judge to review and overturn (a decision or order by an inferior court or judge).
- The plaintiff appealed the decision to the appellate court.
3.To call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights; to entreat, to invoke.
- And we are as willing to appeal to the Scripture as you.
4.To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
- I appeal to all of you to help the orphans.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-né-der.

Proto-Italic *pelnōder.

Latin pellō

Latin appellāreder.

Old French apelerdeverb.

Old French apelder.